(b) Public Cargo Handling. A report setting out the various schemes which had been put forward from time to time over the last 12 years for the construction of cargo working basins, analysing the present situation and making recommendations for the future was prepared for presentation to the Port Committee.
(c) Control of Obstructions Ordinance. Inter-departmental discussions took place in connexion with an extension of existing controls on development under the Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance, 1957, to limit further reduction in the safety of aircraft using the Airport. Associated with this study was the question of smoke pollution, and at the end of the year a proposal to clarify the Northeast section of Hong Kong Island as a Smoke Control Area under the provision of the Clean Air Ordinance, 1959 was under study.
(d) Yau Ma Tei Civic Centre. A paper outlining proposals for the development of a Civic Centre at Yau Ma Tei in accordance with the statutory plan of that area was presented to the Urban Amenities Select Committee of the Urban Council.
Sites for Government and Community Projects
4.53. The reservation of sites for projects in this category continued, both to meet normal expansion of population in new development areas and the specialized requirements of particular industries. In connexion with the latter specific areas were set aside for boat building and repairing on North Tsing Yi and for the timber industry at Castle Peak. Studies in respect of other industries were in progress at the end of the year in collaboration with other departments.
Advice on Development Schemes
4.54. Planning advice was given on 246 individual development schemes—86 or 35% of which were located in the New Territories. While these figures undoubtedly over-emphasize the New Territories in relation to the Urban Area, since the latter schemes were generally of a more substantial nature, they do serve to indicate the increasing interest in development in the New Territories.
Research and Statistics
4.55. Following recruitment of the junior staff for the Colony Outline Planning Team, it proved possible during the year to expand the activities of the Research Section and to assess more closely the trends of development within the Urban Area. From analysis of the floor area of buildings demolished and new private buildings completed in the two and a half year period subsequent to the 1961 Census, that is March 1961 to August 1963, the figures shown in Table A were obtained.
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(b) Public Cargo Handling. A report setting out the various schemes which had been put forward from time to time over the last 12 years for the construction of cargo working basins, analysing the present situation and making recommendations for the future was prepared for presentation to the Port Committee.
(c) Control of Obstructions Ordinance. Inter-departmental discussions took place in connexion with an extension of existing controls on development under the Hong Kong Airport (Control of Obstructions) Ordinance, 1957, to limit further reduction in the safety of aircraft using the Airport. Associated with this study was the question of smoke pollution, and at the end of the year a proposal to clarify the Northeast section of Hong Kong Island as a Smoke Control Area under the provision of the Clean Air Ordinance, 1959 was under study. (d) Yau Ma Tei Civic Centre. A paper outlining proposals for the develop- ment of a Civic Centre at Yau Ma Tei in accordance with the statutory plan of that area was presented to the Urban Amenities Select Committee of the Urban Council.
Sites for Government and Community Projects
4.53. The reservation of sites for projects in this category continued, both to meet normal expansion of population in new development areas and the specialized requirements of particular industries. In connexion with the latter specific areas were set aside for boat building and re- pairing on North Tsing Yi and for the timber industry at Castle Peak. Studies in respect of other industries were in progress at the end of the year in collaboration with other departments.
Advice on Development Schemes
4.54. Planning advice was given on 246 individual development schemes-86 or 35% of which were located in the New Territories. While these figures undoubtedly over-emphasize the New Territories in relation to the Urban Area, since the latter schemes were generally of a more substantial nature, they do serve to indicate the increasing interest in development in the New Territories.
Research and Statistics
4.55. Following recruitment of the junior staff for the Colony Out- line Planning Team, it proved possible during the year to expand the activities of the Research Section and to assess more closely the trends of development within the Urban Area. From analysis of the floor area of buildings demolished and new private buildings completed in the two and a half year period subsequent to the 1961 Census, that is March 1961 to August 1963, the figures shown in Table A were obtained.
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